The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-07-21
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Msxie0 figures her total pubiie debt, ait
e ss' S,epu:dlatins about $3.50, 900. 900 q old
occupation debt, At {1Si, 8oS. 600. '' Tbe
English experts figure y at 910S, 900, 900.
Mexico owes the English about $50. BOO.
OOO Mexico's new copsols ars worth
only 2OK in London. They constitute M
Mexico has with which to pay her creditors,
The president has, Appointed tho follow
Ing postmasters;: Amos H. Kaisn6f at
Gerro Gordo, Iowa, Wise. Henry Keerl, re.
signed; Thomas 9. Medssy, WAukuou,
iowa Postm astefs. Comnlissio ned-
ksota; Wheeler, ,. 1: P. Lamb; Young: n.
elsn; e. i E9ntth1slass Postm8sters appointed
Sentinel Butte. II. Gilbert; Tiffany. &. II.
Minneota, T. +. Kinyon; Pia,nSle Snei F. <;
Wells. -
AT Edinburgh, Andrew Carnegie laid the
foundation stone OF tho new free Library
building. for the endowment Of which be
donated $1,000 Mr.. Blaine was pres.
ent and made the address: He claimed Mr..
Carnegie as q countryman. There was no
child In tho United States old enough to
acquainted with Edinburgh, the works Of
all Scotland's best thinkers having always
had large calculations In America, and ali
having profited by them. He looked back
with pleasure upon the splendid galaxy oil
Scotland's stars-Scott. jeffrey and Sgd.
hey Smith;-whose literature latsf he avow:
cd had been cultivated upon little oatmeal.
II: A. P, Carter, the Hawaiian minister
at Washington; who is In Washington,
speaking OF the revolution In Honolulu
said: The king probably abandoned some
stick more closely to the limitations 81
power. Il know tho new chief minister;
w: M. Creep. rather we'll, He il an in.
telligent, we'll meaning man. and II he haa
full: control, will manage things we'll. King
Kalakaua has always: been a. firm friend ol
the United States, and though the head oil
tho new Ca inct is an, Englishman by birth.
think the movement i4 In no sense a blow
the constitution sometimes, and in that
direction and many Others the change will
Pc Tor the better. It is only q sort OF
domestic publication and reform.
Last Saturday afternoon the 9th INST,
at Dalles Hill, Eng, in tho presence OF q
large number OF guests invited by Mrs.
Gladstone to q garden party the American
testimonial to Gladstone was formally
presented to the ex-premier, after being OK
hibited by him to the guests. Tho pre-
sentation speech was made by Hon. Joseph
Pulitzer, OF the New York World. Mr..
Pulitzer was accompanied to Dalles Hill
by Mrs. Pulitzer. Hon. Perry Belmont OF
Now York, Hon. Patrick Collins of Boston
and several newspaper correspondents.
Gladstone received the party at 4 O'Clock
and after shaking hands and presentipa
them to Mrs. Gladstone, I'LL proceeded to
the lawn, where the testimonial was exhib:
tied: 1t was massive piece of silver
work: 1t was carefully examined and ad.
mired by Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone. Mr..
Pulitzer made the presentation speech,
in which he assured MIR. Gladstone Of tho
sympathy OF the American people with the
cause which he championed so ably. and
said that while American citizens were
sharply divided on many questions they
united enthusiastically upon William
Evart Gladstone:
Tho postmaster at Grand Isle, Mimi,
Is said to have violated the postal laws
and is to be removed.
A slight shock OF earthquake occurred in
the towns of Rollinsford, Somers, Worth
and Harrington, N. II.
Twenty years ago Guy c. Hotchkiss, Jr.,
the eldest son Of u we'll known manufact.
urer OF Williamsburg dlsap peared from his
home. He loft behind him young wife
and boy child. The elder Hotchkiss
died many years ago and left large sum
| OF money to his missing son. Last Feb.
ruary the grandson, Thomas Hotchkiss,
found his father living like hermit in the
Golden State" Guy Hotchkiss has Just
returned to his home:
The names Of most Of the people burned
in the fire at Hurley, Wis, are unfamiliar
to the theatrical agents in Chicago. Belle
Danvers, who was lying Ill in bed in an up
per story of the Alcazar theatre when the
flames closed in on her and forced her to
Jump for her life, has sad story, She
was one OF the most popular members OF
the Lydia Thompson company when that
organization came to Chicago In 1869. She
| was then a beautiful young woman twenty
years OF age, with Il voice that promised
to make her tho rival OF the most noted
singers of the day. A throat trouble iniur:
ed her, and she began singing in variety
theaters. Sho finally drifted into the con-
cert saloons OF Minneapolis and St. Paul,
and then the worst dives OF Hurley.
The regular stream of excursiopists to
tho Yellowstone Park and Alaska has be-
gan in earnest, and from all over the coun-
try people flock to these points.
At Port Huron, Mich, the United States
customs collector recently stopped thirty
Canadians from working on the Grand
"A
ployed in prominent positions.
Tho decision OF the supreme court oil
Washington Territory, few months ago,
that the woman suffrage act was uncon.
stitutional was tested recently at Seattle,
and the court decided that, under the de.
cision, no woman could register for the
municipal.
At Denver, Colo., before the Pacific In.
vcstiga ting committee United States Sen.
ator Hall said that the Omaha Smelling
company, his company, had never receiv.
ed rebates from the Union Pacific He
admitted that he was a stockholder In
Montana Mining company, which received
the $97, 900 rebate money
Mr.. Carter, the Hawaiian minister met
Queen kapiolani who arrived at New York
from England In the servia, and escorted
her to the Victoria hotel. Mr.. Carter said
that the queen was in no way alarmed by
tho political condition Of the Hawniian
islands. 1t was merely q change OF the
cabinet which would effect the king in no
other way whatever, as ministerial posi-
tions we're not partisan appointments.
Cholera is increasing in Scicily. There
have already been 200 cases at Catania,
of which 14O proved fatal.
1t Is reported that the Darmstadt court
OF chancery has summoned oil guardians
and trustees having Russian stock under
their management to appear before the
court within IL week for the purpose of de-
Gliding how they shall otherwise invest the
money entrusted to them.
Last spring Surgeon General John d.
Hamilton, OF the marine hospital service,
preferred charges to the medical associa.
ton against DR.. Sewers OF unprofessional
conduct III criticising publicly from cd
ical point of view the manner of living Of
the president. DR.. Sewers has now pre-
fcrrcd charges against DR.. Hamilton OF
having violated the association's rogula.
tions, In having shown to ex-Rcpresenta.
tive Hazletine the charges.
First Assistant Secretary Of State Port
or said He was OF the opinion that there
could possibly be no injury done to Ameri.
can interests on the Hawaiian islands by
the lato change OF government. It waa
known that great dissatisfaction with the
Gibson government existed, and that the
leading citizens of Honolulu were irving to
induce tho king to change his advisers and
his methods, and were dcterm ined to have
such q change. The state department will
take no action in tho matter unless the
dispatches OF Minister Merrill Indicate the